thoughts on design & a digital life

design

using a single linked smart object in multiple PSD’s

while working on the web over the last years, there have been many times that i wanted the capability of using a single linked file throughout multiple PSD documents, much in the same way Indesign has this function for large multiple page documents. This would save untold hours of mundane and repetitive work, as a [...]

‘Baked In’ book review

If advertising is not your chosen profession in life, why the heck would you want to read a book written by two of the top leaders in the advertising world? (alex bogusky, @bogusky , longtime creative director at crispin porter + bogusky; and John Winsor, @jtwinsor , former head of product innovation & cognitive research [...]

What others say

Yesterday I took a walk through downtown Austin to take a break from the screen, and I decided to drop by a local art museum to check it out. I eneded up not browsing the collection but rather chatted with the attendant instead. We talked about the museum, austin culture, and eventually what I’m doing [...]

country music, detroit sheet metal, and web design

so this spring i was driving down a country back road in beautiful colorado, and i happened to meander over to the local country music station, where the lyrics to the current song really grabbed my attention. i never caught the artist or the name of the song, but the basic gest of the song [...]

the beginnings of a new blog

Well hello, and welcome. Though i have been in the blogging world for a few years now, i have decided to start a new blog with a more design / technology / business focus to it. and so your here, and it’s great to have you! snag the rss subscription to get all of my [...]